As the first rays of "uncertainty" illuminated the continent, the transit station tavern welcomed new guests—transparent travelers condensed from "fuzzy desires." They ordered a special concoction called "The Flavor of Existence": a base of the reassuring feeling of "I'm here," a drizzle of the anticipation of "maybe tomorrow will be different," and finally, a sprinkle of stardust of "this moment is eternity." When the glasses clinked, the overflowing liquor drew a living map on the floor, each pixel gleaming with the faint glimmer of "It's great to be alive."
Lin Yue distributed seeds from the "Possibility Tooth Decay" vine to explorers from every universe, watching them embark on new journeys with the courage of "imperfection." The wind blew again, and the questions on the bell vine were replaced with new ones: "What will be the next undefined taste?" "When we reach the end of the emotional continent, what kind of taste buds will we encounter?" The black cat perched on the Star-Embroidered Sword, wagging its tail: "Fool, there is no end—the frontier of taste is always beyond the tip of your tongue."
Xia Zichen gazed at the starry sky, blanketed in his "Emotional Star Clothes," and saw countless points of light piercing the "high walls of rationality," blossoming into "illogical" flowers across the night skies of various universes. He knew that at this moment, somewhere in a world ruled by data, an adult was biting into a "defect candy," allowing themselves for the first time to tear up at a stranger's story on the subway. This blend of salty, bitter, and warm would become the first key to unlocking their heart.
The roots of the Answer Tree suddenly vibrated, and the voice of the first guardian climbed up the branches along the vines: "The taste buds of the universe will never be defined, because every tasting is a new creation." Lin Yue raised the "Possibility Wine Glass", and the twelve layers of emotions in the glass were merging into new colors - that was the "unnamed" 13th taste, carrying the excitement of adventure, gentle precipitation, the anticipation of reunion, and a frank embrace of all the unknowns.
The Entropy Scythe girl tossed twelve dice, and this time they landed to form the pattern "Continue to Taste." When the first die flipped, a rainbow rose from the edge of the "Emotional Continent," composed of the "chill of first snow," the "musty smell of old books," and the "sweetness of a stranger's smile." At the end of the rainbow, a new "undefined star field" was forming, awaiting the arrival of the next group of taste bud explorers.
(End of Chapter 38)
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